Current Affairs, November 2014

30th November:• India's PV Sindhu
wins the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title.•
Baichung Bhutia becomes the first Indian footballer to be
inducted into Asian Football Confederation's Hall of Fame
list.

29th November:• The first passenger
train to Meghalaya from Assam was flagged off by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in Guwahati.

27th November:• The South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in
Nepal conclude with an agreement on energy cooperation.•
Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes died in hospital after
he was in coma for three days following a head injury sustained
while playing in a Sheffield Shield game in Sydney. • Nine
Army soldiers found guilty of killing two teenagers in Jammu and
Kashmir's Budgam on November 3.• India launches e-Visa
facility for the tourist of 43 Nations.

25th November:• People votes in the
first phase of the polling in Jammu and Kashmir and in Jharkhand
state assembly election.• Prime Minister Narendra Modi
reaches Nepal to attend SAARC summit.• Former Union Minister
and senior Congress leader Murli Deora died in Mumbai.21st
November:• US president Barack Obama will be the chief guest
on 2015 Republic Day celebration after he had accepted Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's invitation.

18th November:• Prime Minister Narendra
Modi becomes the first Indian PM to address Australian
Parliament.• The Justice Nanavati Commission submit its
final report on the 2002 Gujarat riots to the state Chief
Minister Anandiben Patel.• The Indian Hockey coach Terry
Walsh resigns from its post.

16th November:• The G20 annual summit
completed in Brisbane in Australia.• India's Saina Nehwal
and Kidambi Srikanth win the China Open Women and Men Singles
Title respectively.• India wins the 5 match cricket series
against Sri Lanka by 5-0.

14th November:• Children’s Day observed
across India on the occasion of 125th Birthday of India's first
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.• World Diabetes Day is
observed to create awareness on diabetes.• Prime Minister
Narendra Modi reaches Australia to attend the G-20 Summit in
Brisbane.• Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson wins the
ICC cricketer of the year award.

13th November:• Rohit Sharma scores 264
runs which is highest runs by any individual in International
ODI cricket. He scores the run in the match against Sri Lanka in
Eden Garden, Kolkata. He also becoming the first man scores two
double centuries in ODIs. Rohit Sharma strike 33 fours during
the innings which is highest number of fours in an innings by
any batsman in ODI.• Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
elected as the member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.•
Five Army men, including two officers were sentenced to life
term for killing three peoples in an encounter in Jammu and
Kashmir in 2010.

12th November:• Prime Minister Narendra
Modi attends the ASEAN and the East Asian summits in Myanmar
along with other world leaders.• For the first time in
history, The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully landed
a probe known as Philae on the surface of a comet.• Five
congress MLA from Maharashtra have been suspended for allegedly
manhandling and injuring Governor C Vidyasagar Rao outside the
assembly during the confidence motion.• BJP government in
Maharastra won the confidence motion through a voice vote.•
Bollywood filmmaker Ravi Chopra died at the age of 68 due to
severe lung ailment.

9th November:• Four cabinet ministers,
three ministers of state with independent charge and 14
ministers of state added to the Union Government.• Indian
batsman Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer to reach 6000
ODI run on his 144th match and 136th innings during the game
against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad.

7th November:• Goa Health Minister
Laxmikant Parsekar has been sworn in as the Chief Minister after
Manohar Parrikar resigned.

6th November:• Lenovo Company has
completed the acquisition of the Motorola Mobile brand.

5th November:• Sachin Tendulkar
released his autobiography "Playing It My Way" in Mumbai.•
India cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named
as skipper of ICC ODI team for fifth year in a row.• Former
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred with the Japan's Grand
Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers award, one of the
Japan's top national awards.

3rd November:• The resurrected World
Trade Centre reopen for business after thirteen years of the
9/11 terrorist attack.• Bollywood actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar
died in Mumbai.• Justice Mukul Mudgal has submitted its
final report of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League's
season 6 to the apex court.

2nd November:• Pakistan captain
Misbah-ul-Haq equaled the record for the fastest Test century by
reaching the milestone in 56 balls against Australia in Abu
Dhabi.• Central Zone defeat South Zone by nine runs to wins
the Duleep Trophy crown at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground, Delhi.

1st November:• Bangalore city is now
officially known as Bengaluru and Mysore as Mysuru along with 10
other cities which are reverted to their old Kannada names from
today.• From today, the free transaction in ATMs to withdraw
money or for other purposes like balance enquiry limited to 5
times.